When I met Kelly she was 1 week out of surgery after her 2nd shoulder injury olympic lifting.

She started out with my Functional movement and muscle firing test to reveal all of her muscles that aren't firing at all/properly, are too weak, and are too tight.

She enrolled in remote personal training, and after 1 year and 3 months has achieved 15 short term goals helping her achieve her long term goal of being able to do olympic lifting exercise variations again.

Kelly left me a 5 star google review that says:

“I started with Andrew after a devastating shoulder injury and then surgeries. My range of motion was about 6 inches in any direction and had lost all my muscle on one side after being a competitive weightlifter. I was in pain all the time. I also had a lot of other issues from not being able to lift for a long time in my legs etc. He helped me slowly and safely meet goals, build back my muscle and range of motion with evaluations followed by personalized spreadsheets. He answers my relatively infrequent questions quickly. I think he truly understands how to rehabilitate people with complicated injuries vs a random other trainer you'll get by Googling. I can now at least overhead squat an empty barbell which sounds "meh" for an Olympic lifter, but my scapula wouldn't even fire when I started etc etc and could only hold items at my side. Would recommend after injuries for sure! I wish I would have found Andrew while I was still Olympic lifting to fix likely muscle imbalances before I hurt myself, at least for a consult.”

When I met Ella she was struggling to lose the additional body fat she put on during her pregnancy and reclaim the strength she lost.

She started out with strength, muscular endurance, and muscle firing testing along with a baseline body composition test to see where she was at and so we could co-design a safe and effective programs.

After 6 months of small group personal training 2 days per week, quarterly body fat testing with follow up health & lifestyle coaching, Ella has achieved 10 short term goals to date helping her look, perform, and feel amazing again.

Short Term Goals Achieved:

Lost 18.2 lbs (started at 137.2)

Eliminated 6.24% of her body fat (started at 29.23%)

Trimmed 18” off across her entire body.

Be able to do 60 push ups on my knees (started at 20)

Be able to do 76 sit ups (started at 30)

Be able to do 28 lat pull downs with 50 lbs (started at 21 with 40lbs)

Be able to do 157 bodyweight squats (started at 83)

Ella’s 5 star google review states:

“I have been training with Andrew for a few months now, and I cannot say enough positive things about working with him. I appreciate that he listens and takes time understanding my goals, strengths, and limitations. The personalized plan that he created felt like a true collaboration and that increased my sense of accountability. The program is both challenging and achievable, motivating me to do my best and push my limits where I could.

I am pleased to be on this fitness journey with Andrew. The progress I have made so far has exceeded my expectations. I feel that I am getting stronger each day, and it is also definitely a confidence booster when wins, no matter how small are celebrated.

I highly recommend!”

When I met Kristine she was experiencing weekly headaches and migraines that would result in her spending the rest of the day in a dark room missing out on time with her husband and son.

She started out with a functional movement test to figure out the root cause of these migraines. She enrolled in 1 on 1 personal training doing corrective strength training/muscle relaxation exercises at the gym 2 days per week, and her home stretches program 3 days per week.

After 12 months achieved 16 short term goals that helped her completely eliminate her migraines allowing her to go on walks around the lake and skiing with her family.

Long Term Goals Achieved

No more migraines or headaches weekly causing me to miss out on the rest of the day with my family

Increase my strength so I can lift my 5 year old son above my head and carry him on my hip without it inducing a migraine

The ability to do 1 pullup with no assistance (started at 65lbs of vertical pulling strength)

Be able to do a 15 minute water ski run pulled at 30 mph

Squat 1.2x her body weight (current max = 160lbs)

Can do 70 push ups (started at 35)

Can do 102 sit ups (started at 80)

Can do 284 body weight squats

Short Term Goals Achieved

Increase my torso rotation to 90 degrees (started at 45 deg)

The height of your arm and leg are the same in a prone cobra CL (started at 12” gap)

Getting your piriformis to 85 deg ext rotation and 120 deg flexion (started at 45 deg and 90 deg)

Get my shoulder blades to move downward 1.5” (started not moving) and lay flat

Lower my resting heart rate to 58 in 2 months (started at 76)

Increasing my foot strength from 20lbs to 190lbs allowing me to squat to parallel

Increasing my ab stabilizer strength doing 100lbs x 15 sec. (started at body weight)

Get 7 hours of sleep per night (started at 6hr 39 min) (Achieved 10/31/25)

Hip flexors are now relaxed vs lifting up 1” off the ground (Achieved 10/31/25)

Upper groin is no longer tight (Achieved 10/31/25)

Back Squat 160 (started at 125)

Bulgarian Squat 110 (started at 75)

Bench Press 115 (started at 90)

BB BO Row 115 (started at 95)

My client Nathan just achieved his second long term goals of leg pressing 3.5x his body weight (current max 700 lbs) making it even easier to stand pain free for 3 hours straight playing his guitar.

When I met Nathan he only could stand 20 minutes at work, and then would have to sit the rest of the day, because his knees hurt so bad. After completing his functional movement test he enrolled in 1 on 1 personal training, and after 10 weeks he achieved 13 short term goals, eliminating his debilitating knee pain.

1. Get my piriformis flexibility to 120 degrees (started at 80 degrees)

2. Get my heel 2” away from 90 degrees on a str leg raise (started at 15” away)

3. Get my calves to 70 degrees flexibility (started at 90 degrees)

4. Be able to abduct my hip to 50 degrees with no lower groin tension (started at 3 out of 10 tension) 

5. Be able to open up my hip with my knees bent down to 2” from the floor (started at 4.5”)

6. Got my shoulder blades to lay flat vs wing backwards

7. My shoulder blades to depress 1” (started with 0” of movement)

8. Get rotator cuff internal rotation flexibility to 7 o clock (started at 6 o clock)

9. Get my shoulder extension mobility to parallel (started 4” below)

10. 90 degree torso rotation mobility (started at 70 degrees)

11. Be able to lift my leg up in the air so my heel is at 90 degrees (Started: Right heel was 15” away, left heel was 12” away)

12. Increase strength of all Ab exercises by 25%

13. Increase strength of all Lower back exercises by 25%

When I met Angie she had suffered 2 knee injuries during the London marathon. Even after physical therapy wasn’t able to run for 9 months and was thinking she might have to stop for life. We started out with a functional movement test and discovered what led her to her injuries and what needed to be strengthened, stretched, and what muscles needed to reset to fire properly again.

After 3 months of corrective exercise, muscle resets, and small group personal training she has achieved 9 goals, and can run again pain free, and is prepping for Grandmas marathon in the summer.

Long Term Goals Achieved

1. Be able to run free of knee pain

Short Term Goals Achieved

1. Your glute med fires again

2. Your torso can handle a 30 sec plank (Now can hold 110 lbs)

3. Hamstrings have 90 degrees of mobility

4. Piriformis flexibility is now at 120 deg flexion/80 deg external rotation(started at 110 degrees/45 deg)

5. Your arches, 2nd-5th toes, and calves are now loose

6. Your shoulder blades no longer wing backwards negatively impacting your posture

7. Your shoulder no longer experiences pain in the front that radiates down the side of your arm when you reach behind and up your spine

8. Your hip can abduct the optimal 50 degrees with no discomfort

Angie’s 5 star Google Review:

“Andrew Heaton of Life Strength Fitness has been the answer to my long-term and short-term goals to keep training and running marathons at my age of 56! I really thought I had to hang it up after doing my last marathon with a torn meniscus and stress fracture under my knee cap brought on by my own doing of running without comprehensive strength training & specific stretching.

He has enlightened me to strength and stretching regimens that are now affording me pain-free and noninjury producing training to continue with my fitness goals of not only completing marathons but keeping me running at paces that I had thought were no longer possible for me!”

Tom was struggling to add muscle while maintaining his flexibility. We started out with baseline strength/performance/muscle firing testing so we could make him a customized program to help him add muscle. Then he committed to coming 8 times per month for small group personal training to help him get stronger and build muscle.

Tom’s 5 star google review states: “I can't thank trainer Andrew Heaton of Life Strength Fitness enough. I arrived in Minneapolis for a two month stay. I was looking to continue my training program I had in Florida. What I got was a tailored made program to allow me to achieve my goals. Each step of the way I was given guidance on the exercises and instructed on proper form. At the same time I was given encouragement from Andrew. I appreciated being held accountable and challenged to do more. I made gains in strength and endurance. I know I had gained muscle when my workout t-shirts, shorts and sweats became more snug. There were certainly visible results. Andrew's degrees in Kinesiology and many certifications was a great plus. He could explain why I was experiencing certain issues and what could be done to correct the problem. Each exercise in my training program also had a video which was very helpful. I am pleased to have learned so much and achieve results that exceeded my expectations. I go back to Florida with so much more knowledge to continue the momentum.”

When I met Chad he was struggling to lose weight simply by eating healthier, whole food meals.

He started out with an aerobic fitness test to discover his optimal fat burning heart rate to remove the guesswork of how hard to exercise to lose weight and upgrade his fat burning capabilities.

After 2 months of doing 1 on 1 personal training, cardiac output runs, and cardiac power intervals at his optimal fat burning heart rate, he lost 10 lbs. Additional bonus he can perform more sets (3 treadmill intervals to 7 (133% improvement) and recover faster (1:36 to 1:05 (33% quicker))

When I met Andrew he had been struggling for nearly a decade to lose weight, dreaded how he looked in virtual or in person work meetings, and was fed up with all of his running, lifting weights, and yoga not helping him experience any measurable fat loss.

He started out with an aerobic fitness test to discover that he had been running at too high of heart rates, what heart rate to stay in to optimize fat loss, and he enrolled in the Fat Loss Fundamentals Program.

In only 2 months into the program he dropped his blood pressure by 42 points, lost 17 lbs, 5% of his body fat, helping him fit into his fancy work suits, feels healthy again, and most important now feels confident in his appearance every day.

Andrew published a 5 start google review that says:

“My experience with Andrew has been amazing. He has coached me using a clear, step-by-step actionable plan, and tools and tips to help me set clear attainable goals, understand the impact of my actions and track new habits. His coaching style is highly motivating and non-judgmental, making me very comfortable about discussing sometimes sensitive topics. I've been pleasantly surprised how holistic the coaching is, moving from nutrition changes to sleep habits to stress management, and how making improvements allows me to work with my body to see big results. And the results so far: after two months my body fat has reduced by 5%! I would totally recommend Andrew to anyone looking to make a meaningful sustainable improvement to their health”